23and Me

23and Me

I had autosomal DNA done on Ancestry and then uploaded it to GEDmatch and to FTDNA (for 49 dollars)I'm debating being tested at 23andMe.I'm mainly interested in the genealogy aspect. Actually feel a little nervous about the healthinformationFor those of you who have tested there did you find any significant new matches there?

I've heard on a message board for genealogy in my area of Europe that it has the largestdatabase and there are many people with similar ancestry as mine there. I don't know if that is true , but even if that is true, a lot of the people testedprobably tested for medical reasons and not for genealogy. So I'm not sure a largerdata base is going to be all that helpful.

My ancestry is very difficult. At the great grandparent level it is in eastern Europe. Those recordsare extremely difficult to find and to get anything out of since they are not in English.I really have almost nothing that will show up on a name search on ancestry. It is going to take a lot of luck and probably finding someone that knows something for me tomake any headway.My husband has family on both sides that have been here 350+ years and the numberof matches and the ease of his research makes me very jealous.

anyway, I'd love to hear from people who have tested there as well as here.What exactly (other than health info) did you get there that you didn't get from other sites.